APPLIED GEOLOGY

1. Structure of the Earth and global tectonics
Crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, isostasy, earth magnetic field, mosaic of lithospheric plates, seismic, magmatic, metamorphic and orogenic phenomenology of crustal junctions, earthquakes, dynamics of lithosphere and rocks cycle.
2. Depositional environments stratigraphy and tectonics
Environments, processes and sedimentary deposits, continental, coastal and marine depositional environments, evaporites, carbonates, carbonate platforms, lithostratigraphic units, folding and faulting, basic types of faults, displacement, basic types of folds, axial plane.
3. Geological survey and cartography
Filed mapping, geological contacts, reading of geological maps, legend, geological sections, geomorphological and thematic mapping.
4. Origin and classification of rocks
Minerals and rocks, textural properties of basic rock types, genetic and textural categories of intrusive, effusive and pyroclastic rocks and of metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, analysis and classification of plutonic and volcanic rocks and of metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
5. Technical properties and use of rocks
Construction rocks: direct use and use as raw materials, ornamental stones; rocks and ornamental stones: physical and thermal properties, stress resistance, laboratory tests.